N.C. State Police Maj. David Kelly says the roughly 200-pound bear was found by a groundskeeper early Tuesday in the Brickyard, an open gathering space in front of the central library. Kelly says the animal was dead before being brought to campus. He would not say what officers think caused the death.

State wildlife commission spokesman Jeff Cantrell says the adult male bear was in good health when it died, but he would not describe the cause or time of death.

State law restricts black bear hunting to a staggered season that starts as early as mid-October and runs as late as the first of the year.

Thousands of California acres are ablaze as firefighters battle at least 21 wildfires throughout the state, but while many of those fires are small or mostly contained, the wind and heat that are spreading the Rocky Fire in Northern California -- and...